Two men — one from Ringtown and the other from Hazleton — died in pedestrian crashes that occurred 10 minutes apart in two locations Saturday night.
The first crash occurred about 10:45 p.m. on Route 924, Ringtown Boulevard, in West Mahanoy Township, according to Trooper Joseph Aponick of the Frackville station.
Trooper Justin Humanick of the Schuylkill Haven station said the second crash occurred about 10:55 p.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 81 at mile marker 133.6, the Delano exit in Delano Township.
Killed in the first crash was Onesimo Palomino Asencio, 24, of Hazleton, according to the Schuylkill County Coroner’s Office.
Aponick said that Asencio was walking in the northbound lanes of Route 924 when he was struck by a 1999 Toyota Rav 4 driven north by Monica L. Arnold, 19, of Mahanoy City.
Asencio died at the scene while Arnold and her two passengers — Derec Kovach, 20, of Ringtown, and Abigail Foose, 18, of Mahanoy City — were not injured.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:15 p.m. by Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner Andrew Szczgylak, Shenandoah.
In the second crash, Humanick said Raymond Milosh III, 40, of Ringtown, was driving a vehicle that became disabled on the right berm of the interstate just south of the Delano exit.
Milosh exited his vehicle and, for some reason, walked into the right lane of the interstate and into the path of a 2004 Ford Explorer driven south by a 26-year-old man.
The driver of the SUV tried to swerve to the left in an attempt to avoid hitting Milosh but was unable to do so and struck the man with the right front of the vehicle.
Humanick did not release the identity of the driver or two passengers who were with him at the time of the crash. Emergency personnel at the scene said the driver and his passengers were not hurt.
Milosh was pronounced dead at the scene by Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner David Truskowsky, Mahanoy City.
On Route 924, firefighters from Shenandoah Heights and Shenandoah EMS assisted troopers, while firefighters from Ryan Township, Delano and McAdoo along with Ryan Township EMS and American Patient Transport Services assisted on Interstate 81.
Both vehicles involved in the fatal crashes were towed from the scene of their respective locations.
Troopers said no charges are expected to be filed against the drivers in the two crashes and that a state police accident reconstruction expert assisted in the investigations.